Paddybuck08
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- Planning on walking camino in November
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Thanks for advice.Walking in November is definitely doable!
Late autumn is a fine time to walk! The days are usually sunny and nights chilly to cold. By December all can be frosty. Late November 2012 I was caught in a true white-out of snow climbing O Cebreiro.
Much accommodation starts to close mid October but some place is always open. Hospitaleros usually can give advice on what is available on the next stage. Happily there are no summer crowds and beds/bunks easy to find. Walking at this time during the past 10 years I have rarely seen more than 20 pilgrims at one time
For more personal comments regarding walking during late autumn/winter see my Camino Gazetteer blog.
Happy planning and Buen camino!
Planning on WalKing camino in November..I know it will be pretty cold and wet. Is it doable? Will there be many doing it? Will there be many places open to stay at night. Doing it from South of France across to Santiago. The main trip. Can't wait. So any tips are welcome. Thanks
Your blog is incredible and has a wealth of information and personal reflection. Thank youWalking in November is definitely doable!
Late autumn is a fine time to walk! The days are usually sunny and nights chilly to cold. By December all can be frosty. Late November 2012 I was caught in a true white-out of snow climbing O Cebreiro.
Much accommodation starts to close mid October but some place is always open. Hospitaleros usually can give advice on what is available on the next stage. Happily there are no summer crowds and beds/bunks easy to find. Walking at this time during the past 10 years I have rarely seen more than 20 pilgrims at one time
For more personal comments regarding walking during late autumn/winter see my Camino Gazetteer blog.
Happy planning and Buen camino!
This is good information. I'll be finishing the Arlés route and joining the Frances sometime in mid-late October. I plan to carry both a silk liner and a 500 gram down blanket that is large enough to form to a sleeping bag using Velcro strips. I'm hoping that this combination will be warm enough with my extra clothes to sleep in. Expect to walk well into November. Thanks for the information!
yes I arrived a couple of days ago. Now in Los Arcos also enjoying a nice glass of vino tinto! It’s supposed to get much colder this weekend!! Yikes! Stay safe and of course have lots of fun. I’m surprised how many are here still walking.Have you joined the Francés? I started today Saint Jean Pied de Port to Roncesvalles and now sitting in the sun enjoying a clara.
Paddy there will be at least 2 paddys on the Camino at that timePlanning on WalKing camino in November..I know it will be pretty cold and wet. Is it doable? Will there be many doing it? Will there be many places open to stay at night. Doing it from South of France across to Santiago. The main trip. Can't wait. So any tips are welcome. Thanks
@Paddybuck08Planning on WalKing camino in November..I know it will be pretty cold and wet. Is it doable? Will there be many doing it? Will there be many places open to stay at night. Doing it from South of France across to Santiago. The main trip. Can't wait. So any tips are welcome. Thanks
Thanks, all, for the good information about walking in November. I have walked the Camino Frances several times, but never in November. I will be a hospitalera in Salamanca for the last two weeks of October, then I will take a train on Nov.1 to Logroño and walk to Ponferrada (~3 weeks). I am looking forward to the adventure and the challenge of volunteering in a new-to-me albergue and city, and walking the CF in November weather with limited accommodations.
It will be a high of 3 when I walk through there this Sunday. Bring your woollies!Hello!I am going to CF in November too
I am ready start to Burgos in 09\11, don't know how cold there
It will be a high of 3 when I walk through there this Sunday. Bring your woollies!
Also i want to ask how cold inside the door? I only have very simple sleeping bad and i afraid i will feel cold when i am sleep
Almost every albergue will have blankets available for you to use as well as your sleeping bag. I really would make sure that you ask whether the albergue has heating on the whole time though. Some cannot afford to keep it very warm. At this time of year, and in that particularly cold pocket of Spain, I would check out the temperature inside the albergue before committing to stay there.
Standard operating procedure. Do not believe the internet. Call ahead unless you like wandering at the end of the day! Have fun.Only problem so far was that some albergues that were listed as open at this time were closed.
Hope you are enjoying being a Hospitalera in Salamanca. It's a small albergue in a great location. The garden next door is lively. I asked to be there during the first two weeks in January then changed my mind when they needed someone in Ponferrada (where I have volunteered before). I was afraid that I would have no pilgrims that time of year along the Plata.
Who.knows, maybe our paths will cross. I am now in Pamplona.
Whats the reports of the Albergue in Salamanca being closed. In 2017 it was the worst run albergue i ever stayed in
Hi Tigermike,Have now booked my ticket to Biarritz for Nov 30th and arrive SJPDP later that evening.
Will depart early next day, December 1st bound for Roncesvalles via Valcarlos as the Napoleon route is now closed.
Aiming for Pamplona December 3rd (weather permitting) and thereafter well, I'll just have to see how it goes....here's hoping that I'm not the only 'loco peregrino' on the road in the merry month of December
My understanding is that it is always open and you will be welcomed.
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